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My child is unable to concentrate on studies! How can I help?

Lack of concentration and focus is a common complaint among school-going children. Parents these days
invariably complain about their child getting frequently distracted both at school and home. A typical
behaviour of children suffering from concentration problems are that they indulge in day-dreaming or
peeping out of window at home or in class.

“My 6-year old does not study – how can I help?”

“My son is 6 years old and is in standard 1. He does not take interest in studies and his mind is always wandering here and there. Yesterday, I met his teacher and came to know that he is not paying attention in class and not able to understand what is being taught in the class.” A disturbed Parent from Karnataka.

My adolescent child is on drugs – how to help him?

“Dad my favourite song is Bob Marley’s Ganja Gun”, my 17-year old teenage son, Vicky often tells me. The other day, he grabbed my cell phone and played it on YouTube. I was stunned, when he told me that Ganja (Cannabis) takes away all my tension and pain and even sang the lyrics of the song: ‘I’m gonna smoke the Ganja until, I go blind, you know I am smoking the Ganja all the time’ -

Board exams are nearing - My teenage child is unable to handle it!

“My teenage son is in standard 10th and his board exams are just a few months away. The pressure of exams is really making him disturbed. Although, he spends a lot of time with his books every day, he is unable to learn and understand the subjects. He often gets dreadful thoughts about exams and even nightmares.

My 12-year old son answers me back. I am sick of his behaviour!

“My 12 year old son Akash has made my life miserable. He not only argues with me, but answers me back whenever I ask him to do anything, while also I often get to hear complaints about him in school. I have tried everything under the sun but all my efforts have gone in vain. He does not work hard for studies and put in adequate efforts to complete his homework,” says Mr. Puneet Duggal, 40, from Bengaluru.